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The Play’s the Thing: On Simone Weil’s “Venice Saved”
Ronald Collins celebrates the publication of “Venice Saved,” a play by Simone Weil, translated by Silvia Panizza and Philip Wilson.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
A Precious Gift: On Edythe Haber’s “Teffi: A Life of Letters and of Laughter”
Robert Chandler celebrates the publication of “Teffi: A Life of Letters and of Laughter” by Edythe Haber.
An Intimate Stranger: Traveling with Emmanuel Iduma
"A Stranger’s Pose" refuses any linear kind of development, a refusal with a political charge given how often the continent is tagged as “developing.”
How to Write a Wondertale
Natasha Boyd considers the past and future of the fairy story.
Rhyme’s Raisin
Joshua Stanley looks at two new works by the poet J. H. Prynne, "Or Scissel" and "Of Better Scrap."
The Passing of Time: On Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s and Luchino Visconti’s “The Leopard”
Melissa Holbrook Pierson is overwhelmed by two great works named “The Leopard.”
Benjamin Moser and the Smallest Woman in the World
Magdalena Edwards tells of her experience with Benjamin Moser, author of the forthcoming “Sontag: Her Life and Work.”
Johnson and Company
Leo Damrosch’s new book paints a vivid portrait of the 18th-century “Literary Club.”
Inventing the Environment
Carolyn Taratko reviews two new books on the postwar origins of “the Environment.”
Sally Rooney: The Dark Side
Sally Rooney is trying to tell us something. Politics are in the forefront, but I’m guessing there is a dark secret lurking in the background.
What Is Not Said: On Natalia Ginzburg’s “The Dry Heart” and “Happiness, as Such”
Victoria Baena examines two recently reissued novels by Natalia Ginzburg: "The Dry Heart" and "Happiness, as Such."
Normalnost
Peter Pomerantsev, author of “This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality,” looks at the new normal in the era of Putin and Trump.
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